Archive for July, 2022
Nesting loggerhead lost to poachers on Brac
(CNS): Poachers on Cayman Brac caught one of the very few loggerhead turtles that nest on that island as she crawled up the beach to lay her eggs Wednesday night, the Department of Environment has said. DoE enforcement officers and the police followed up on the report early Thursday morning but with no success. Loggerhead […]
NRA removes sidewalk signs but MPs’ billboards remain
(CNS): The National Roads Authority and the Department of Planning have removed around 55 unauthorised A-frame signs across Grand Cayman that were encroaching on sidewalks from West Bay to East End. The island-wide sweep at the end of last month focused on signs within the roadway shoulders, sidewalks and medians. However, the billboards in districts […]
Sargassum presents challenge for environment and tourism
(CNS): An unprecedented amount of Sargassum that invaded the North Sound on Saturday is presenting a significant challenge for the Cayman Islands as the country tries to rebuild its tourism business two and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed its borders. However, it is also a major environmental threat. Staff from the Department […]
Dixon denies killing Fuentes in fatal shooting
(CNS): Javon James Dixon (28) pleaded not guilty to murder when he appeared in Grand Court via Zoom on Friday from HMP Northward, where he is being held on remand. Dixon is accused of killing a former friend, Jovin Omar Fuentes (28), as Fuentes sat in a car with a family member, parked on the […]
COVID hospitalisations increase as testing declines
(CNS): There were eleven COVID-positive patients in hospital on Wednesday, all but one of them vaccinated, according to the Public Health Department. While there has been a drop in the number of people reporting symptoms or positive home test results, it is apparent from anecdotal reports that the current infection rate is much higher than […]
Street drug dealer stays in jail after failed appeal
(CNS): Wayne Carlos Myles (41), who is serving a 13-year jail term for selling drugs and a consecutive two-year term for pimping, has failed to get his drug convictions and sentence quashed by the Court of Appeals. Myles was convicted in November 2017 for possession with intent to supply over six and a half grams […]
Two suspected violent gunmen on the run
(CNS):Â Police are appealing for help tracking down Lusito Eusebio Hernandez (27) and Charles Leonard Walton III (25), who are both wanted on suspicion of firearms offences. An RCIPS release warned that both men are known to be violent and believed to be armed and dangerous. Hernandez was last known to be living in East End, […]
Appeal favours right to know over commercial ‘secrets’
(CNS): A decision by the Office of the Ombudsman has clarified the extent to which records of private sector service providers are exempt from release under the FOI Act weighed against the public’s right to know about deals with the government. The decision related to a freedom of information request to the Cayman Islands Airports […]
Bird sanctuary gets reprieve from development threat
(CNS): A planning application for seven apartments adjacent to the Governor Michael Gore Bird Sanctuary has been refused, but not because of the threat it posed to the wildlife in the area, named for the aviphilic governor who died a few weeks ago. The Central Planning Authority turned down the application by Fabian Whorms (not […]
Cayman Airways resumes flights to Montego Bay
(CNS): Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) will resume its service between Grand Cayman and Montego Bay, Jamaica, next month, well over two years since government closed the borders due to the pandemic and the airline was forced to suspend its services. The nonstop weekly flights for the summer begin on 4 August.
Police deal with 25 crashes over the weekend
(CNS): The RCIPS traffic unit responded to over 25 vehicle collisions last weekend, many of them serious. Though no one was killed, several people were injured in two of the crashes. But as speeding, DUI and general poor driving continue, the police are urging drivers to pay more attention. Acting Superintendent Brad Ebanks advised motorists […]
